Holi is an Indian Spring Festival which is now celebrated around the world. My presentation comes complete with a story about why this festival is important (you can choose between a long or short version), a description of what happens and lots of colourful pictures of the event. In addition, you are able to read the lives of two Indian children as they get ready for Holi and what they do on the day. These could be printed off and read individually or they could be projected onto the interactive whiteboard and read as a class. The students could then think about how they would like to celebrate the coming of Spring and who knows, perhaps even have their own version of Holi in the classroom!

The chronicles of crows: A Tale of the Springtime (1848) - I have included the full poem, complete with the original pictures. I then provide it with the pictures and no words, and then the words and no pictures and finally as a simple CLOZE, where the students need to complete the missing word in the second line of each part of the poem. The pictures without words are a charming Victorian border. The students could write their own Spring poems in this section and make a lovely Spring display. I have always been drawn to crows, not in any dark teenage-poet way, but because they are big, handsome, super-clever, and remind me of the chilly Michigan spring. It seemed so charming at first, with the crows working together, building their homes, laying their eggs and raising their babies in great swooping flocks. But the story takes a ghastly turn as the nearby farmers gather to get rid of the rookery. I kept thinking that the smart, sassy crows would eventually outwit the mean, brutish humans. How wrong I was. The crows are shot and made into pies, even the young ones, and the birds that survive are left to mourn, “How well we know / There is no joy unmixed with woe.” Um, anyway, happy spring, and here’s a Monday assortment of pertinent items to help you get over the sense of mortal dread sinking in your chest after that morbid Victorian warning.

Are you doing a topic on bears? Are you doing a topic on toys? Are you looking for some great photos of different types of teddy bears? I have collected together 30 photos of teddy bears for you to share with your class. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different bears being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about teddy bears. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of. The students can then discuss which teddy bear they liked the best and why. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Here are 34 different pictures of fruit, which are perfect as a PowerPoint presentation, or to be used in a wall display. It comes complete with a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide to help you get the most out of your teaching and this purchase. Each slide is shown twice. The first time, there is the name and the fruit to help students to learn the names of the different fruits. The second time, they play the presenation as a game. They choose a random number from a game menu and name the fruit. They then click on the picture to see the name of the fruit. There are endless ways of using this presentation. If you put the numbers 1 to 34 in a hat and asked the students to write down the names of 5 fruits they saw in the presentation, you could even make this presentation into a highly interactive game of fruit bingo.

This pack contain 30 high quality coloured photos of buildings from around the world. They would be excellent to use at the start of a topic about buildings. They would make a excellent set of prompts for discussions on buildings. You could discuss the diversity of different designs and uses of buildings. You could print out and laminate the pictures and use them in a colourful display. Students could also sort the buildings in different ways.

You could use it when you are introducing the topic of holidays, seaside trips or coastal investigation. The 45 photos in this collection would make an excellent colourful display from places all over the world. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. It is perfect for older students to use these photos to discover physical and human geography photos in different pictures. These resources could also be used for choosing different settings for stories linked to their topic work.

If you are starting the topic of minibeasts or insects, this is a perfect teaching pack. It is full of bright, colourful photos. It would be an excellent prompt for students discussing insects and minibeasts in the classroom. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. The first half of the presentation introduces the simple names to students. The second half lets them to chose a number and then tell you the name and check if they were correct. The photos could be printed out and laminated and made into a display. Students could be given the task of choosing a card and discovering that minibeast's life cycle.

Are you starting a topic about animals, adaptation, or living things? This set of photos shows a wide range of different animals, from bees and ladybirds to bears and tigers. You could use it for a starting point for a discussion on animals. Students could sort the different animals into different groups and explain their thinking. You could print and laminate these photos and create a high quality, eye catching wall display. Students could also take these photos and research each of the animals living requirements and life cycles.

This presentation is made up of 39 high quality, beautifully shot photos of different forms of transport. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. This presentation could be used as a starting point for different forms of transport. Ask them to think of different forms of transport and why we need different forms of transport. You could print out and laminate these slides and make a colour display about different forms of transport. Students could also look at the different forms of transport in this picture any sort them into different categories. The pictures could also be used as excellent starting points for stories linked to transport. Where are they going and why?

Are you starting a topic about food, nutrition or eating healthily? These 42 high quality photos are certain to be a useful resource in your classroom. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. This is an excellent prompt for students starting to discuss about food. The resources could also be printed off and laminated, and used as an eye catching display. The students can also use the printed off photos to sort them into different groups and explain why they grouped them in this way. This could also be sorted into a highly visual food Pyramid.

Are you doing the topic 'Spring' with your class? This is a greast resource pack. It contains 30 high qualiy photos relating to things we can can find about in Spring. There are endless ways you could use this pack. Here are just a few I would like to suggest... You could show and discuss these images with the class. They make an excellent starting point for any discussion about Spring. You can print out and laminate the photos to make an eye catching, colourful display about Spring. The cards could also be given directly to the students to write descriptions about things we find in the Springtime.

Are you teaching your students the colour blue? Are you looking for exciting resources? This pack contains 30 photos where the main colour is blue. This is a great way of introducing the colour blue to your class. These are lots of different objects and scenes in the colour of blue. You could print out the photos and laminate them into a bright, eye catching display. Students can use these photo cards to expand their vocabulalry. Let them describe what they see and to express their opinions about each of the photos.

Are you starting a topic about trees or plants? This is a great set of photos about different types of trees. The photos are from all the seasons and show trees from all over the world. These photos could be printed out and laminated to make a wonderful, eye catching display about trees. The students could watch the presentation and use the photos as prompts for questions and answers about different types of plants. The tree photos could be sorted in different ways or used to create classification keys. The photos could also be used in a literacy lesson and linked to the topic of plants or trees.

Are you starting the topic of flowers or green plants? I have collated 30 high quality photos which are a perfect starter for this topic. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. These photos could be printed out and laminated to make a wonderful, eye catching display about flowers. The students could watch the presentation and use the photos as prompts for questions and answers about different types of plants. The flowers photos could be sorted in different ways or used to create classification keys. The photos could also be used in a literacy lesson and linked to the topic of plants or flowers.